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Development Game Development VFX Visual Effects

Unreal Engine 4 - VFX for Games - Beginner to Intermediate

You will have started your own portfolio of AAA Visual Effects for Games by the end of this course.
Bestseller
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (507 ratings)
3,942 students
Created by Gabriel Aguiar
Last updated 1/2021
English
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Create effects for games in Unreal Engine 4 with Niagara.
  • Fundamental concepts about Visual Effects.
  • Creating Textures, Meshes and Shaders for Game VFX.
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Course content

8 sections • 61 lectures • 7h 8m total length

  • Preview02:32

  • First, let's enable 1080p!
    1 question
  • Type of Effects
    06:13
  • Recap of the Type of Effects
    5 questions
  • Preview01:49
  • Preview02:25
  • Preview01:31
  • Preview03:06
  • Principles of VFX | 5 - Color
    08:11
  • Recap of the Principles of VFX
    6 questions

  • Pre-Production Overview
    06:47
  • Recap of the Pre-Production
    2 questions

  • Download & Install Unreal Engine 4
    01:43
  • Creating Your VFX Project
    01:15
  • Quick Unreal Engine 4 Overview
    04:30
  • Cascade VS Niagara
    02:57
  • Activating Niagara
    00:31
  • Recap of Cascade vs Niagara
    1 question

  • Niagara Overview
    07:49
  • Niagara Emitter
    11:05
  • Niagara System
    08:53
  • Recap of the Niagara basics
    5 questions
  • Your First Texture
    04:19
  • Create another Beam texture
    1 question
  • Additive Material
    08:53
  • Sparks Impact and Improvements
    08:50
  • Gravity and Collisions
    03:15
  • Sparks Loop and Niagara Simple Tricks
    11:39
  • Recap of the Sparks chapter
    2 questions

  • References
    03:55
  • Sketching
    02:44
  • AoE Project - Importing and Overview
    02:40
  • Starting the AoE Attack
    08:55
  • Creating a Cylinder Mesh
    07:52
  • Creating a Fire Texture
    10:49
  • Create another Texture for the Cylinder
    1 question
  • Starting the Anticipation
    09:07
  • Starting the Climax
    10:04
  • Fire Impact Texture
    09:21
  • Create another Impact Texture
    1 question
  • Distortion and Dissolve Material
    18:20
  • Adding Color
    05:48
  • Area of Effect Blueprint
    05:29
  • Easy Scale Control
    07:03
  • Easy Color Control
    07:00
  • Shockwaves
    10:20
  • Ground Crack
    12:13
  • Create a different Crack Texture
    1 question
  • Alpha Blended Material
    15:07
  • Adding a Spiral
    14:47
  • Final Touches
    12:00

  • References
    02:14
  • Sketching
    03:08
  • Starting the Projectile, Muzzle and Impact
    10:08
  • Projectile Mesh
    04:35
  • Projectile Trail
    04:11
  • Projectile Texture
    09:09
  • Trail Texture
    10:55
  • Particles
    07:04
  • Easy Color and Scale
    12:56
  • Impact
    14:22
  • Muzzle
    05:07
  • Electric Version Part 1 - Lightning Flipbook
    14:40
  • Electric Version Part 2 - Trail Texture
    02:40
  • Electric Version Part 3 - Projectile Texture
    03:33
  • Electric Version Part 4 - Projectile Mesh
    02:46
  • Electric Version Part 5 - Projectile Capsule Setup
    06:28
  • Electric Version Part 6- Projectile Trail Setup
    10:09
  • Electric Version Part 7 - Final Touches
    04:34
  • Electric Version Part 8 - Impact
    06:53
  • Electric Version Part 9 - Muzzle & Final Touches
    05:58

  • A Few Last Words
    02:33

Requirements

  • Unreal Engine: Basic
  • Photoshop: Basic
  • Blender: Basic
  • Graphic Tablet Helps

Description

This course is about the creation of VFX for Games with Niagara in Unreal Engine 4. You'll learn how to create Magic Spells, Fireballs, Special Skills and more effects for games. It will guide you from a Beginner standpoint to an Intermediate level in creating Visual Effects with Unreal Engine 4. It contains the theory, the practice and the techniques you need for your future Visual Effects career.

Who this course is for:

  • VFX Beginner
  • Unreal Engine 4 Beginners
  • Unity Beginners
  • Game Designers
  • Programmers
  • Illustrators
  • 3D Generalists
  • Artists in General

Featured review

Jessy Marker
Jessy Marker
4 courses
2 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 56 months ago
This course was incredible! I am so thrilled that I came across this. It accelerated my learning in Niagara!!! I even learned how to use Blender and Ps for texturing. If you create an intermediate to Advanced, i would love to take it!

Instructor

Gabriel Aguiar
VFX Artist
Gabriel Aguiar
  • 4.5 Instructor Rating
  • 1,925 Reviews
  • 11,928 Students
  • 2 Courses

Hey there, I'm Gabriel Aguiar and I'm a Game VFX Artist.

I've been working in the Game industry for 10 years as a Game Designer, 3D Generalist, Programmer but mainly as a Special Effects artist for games.

I'm eager to share my knowledge in Udemy with my straight to the point courses. I'm sure they will help you.

Feel free to contact me if you have any doubts.

Cheers!

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